bookplate

American  

[book-pleyt] / ˈbʊkˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a label bearing the owner's name and often a design, coat of arms, or the like, for pasting on the front end paper of a book.

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bookplate British  

/ ˈbʊkˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a label bearing the owner's name and an individual design or coat of arms, pasted into a book

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Etymology

Origin of bookplate

First recorded in 1785–95; book + plate ¹

Example Sentences

Chosen by children across the country, the libraries will also receive a set of 23 books that will bear a commemorative bookplate featuring the Coronation emblem.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

Its old bookplate, Hokusai’s 19th century piece “The Great Wave, Off Kanagawa,” and my teen-flourish of a signature date it exactly.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2018

The bookplate identifies Sylvia Plath as the owner of this copy, which she most likely read as an undergraduate at Smith College.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2018

In 1937, Rockwell Kent designed the Library’s stately bookplate, and in 1946, Mary Pickford donated her personal collection of films to the Library, adding to its growing store of them.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2018

Back home books as well bound as these would have carried a personal bookplate or at least the written name of the owner, but the fly leaf was bare.

From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre